I have come to near the end of my first year. From your experience goes the workload increase much in years 2 and 3. Thanks.

Yes.

Hey Jonnyt- well it really depends on what you have been doing in your first year. I am in third year at the moment with 4.5 months until submission and I am working far fewer hours than I have done for the rest of my PhD. I worked so hard in first and second year that I got quite ahead with my work and now am having to slow things down a bit, which is quite a nice position to be in. So if you have worked hard in your first year, you might not notice much difference. For me, second year was the busiest, mainly due to data collection and a lot of travelling to collect it. I would try to maintain a steady pace, it doesn't do you any good to get too far behind or too far ahead! Good luck! KB